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Film Screening & Discussion: No Fire Zone - The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka

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Come along for a film screening and discussion about 'No Fire Zone' and - The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka Newtown Hall, 71 Daniel Street, Newtown FRIDAY, 29 JULY 2022 FROM 18:30-21:30 The film details the final days of Eelam War IV in 2009 and its aftermath. It helps explain why Eelam Tamils continue to flee the country. The documentary depicts the Government of Sri Lanka's assault on the territory of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the north of the island. The war followed the end of the Sri Lankan Peace Process which began formally in 2002. A central player in the film is recently deposed Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the then Defence Secretary. The story is told by the people who lived through the war and through dramatic and disturbing video evidence. Following the screening researcher Umesh Perinpanayagam will provide critical comment on the film: does the film hide the British/US role in the killings? what is the relevance of the events depicted i

Film screening "Border" - 14 July

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The Freedom Shop has nothing to do with this event but it sounds interesting... Film screening: Laura Waddington's 'Border', 2004 Wednesday, 14 July 21, 6pm Adam Art Gallery, Kelburn Parade "In the days, if you wandered along the motorways and the wastelands, you could see the refugees everywhere: waiting on the roadside or headed to the port and the freight trains. They travelled in twos or threes or sometimes in groups of twenty or thirty. At night, I’d walk along the roads with them. It took two or three hours to reach the spots on the channel tunnel fence, where they’d start to cut the wire. Then came the arrests and the police bus back to the camp. A few hours later, they’d re-emerge and the perverse game of cat and mouse would start again." - Laura Waddington In 2002, filmmaker Laura Waddington spent several months in the fields around Sangatte Red Cross camp in northern France with Afghan and Iraqi refugees, who were trying to cross the channel tunnel to En

Film Screening: The Lie About Saving Lives At Sea

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Film screening and discussion   In 2015, a boat with refugees from Sri Lanka tried to reach New Zealand, but was intercepted in international waters by the Australian Border Force. They forced the refugees onto another boat and paid the skipper to take them to Indonesia. The boat was shipwrecked on an Indonesian island.  Why did the Australian Navy intercept a boat that was heading for NZ? Is the Australian Navy doing the bidding for the NZ government? Why is NZ still refusing to accept these refugees? Watch the film "Stop the Boats - the lie about saving lives at sea" and join the discussion about the rights of asylum seekers.  Tuesday, 22 June, 7pm at the Newtown Hall, 71 Daniell St, Newtown (near Constable St). Free entry. Organised by the Freedom Shop and Right2AsylumNZ

Cinema Golondrina presents: Soy Cuba

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The Choclo Collective, a group of Latin American artists, film makers and other creative people, will be hosting a series of film and discussion evenings named Cinema Golondrina . There will also be art work on display and the Freedom Shop will have a stall.   The first film is “Soy Cuba” (I am Cuba), which is described as “a whirling, feverish dance through both the sensuous decadence of Batista's Havana and the grinding poverty and oppression of the Cuban people”. You can watch the trailer here . Sunday, 6 September, 5pm at the Newtown Community Centre, Rintoul St.   This will be followed by two more films at the same time and location: 13 September: The Hour of Furnaces (Argentina 1966-1968) 20 September: When Two Worlds Collide (Peru 2006-2011)

Cinema Golondrina presents: Soy Cuba

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The Choclo Collective, a group of Latin American artists, film makers and other creative people, will be hosting a series of film and discussion evenings named Cinema Golondrina . There will also be art work on display and the Freedom Shop will have a stall.   The first film is “Soy Cuba” (I am Cuba), which is described as “a whirling, feverish dance through both the sensuous decadence of Batista's Havana and the grinding poverty and oppression of the Cuban people”. You can watch the trailer here . Sunday, 6 September, 5pm at the Newtown Community Centre, Rintoul St.   This will be followed by two more films at the same time and location: 13 September: The Hour of Furnaces (Argentina 1966-1968) 20 September: When Two Worlds Collide (Peru 2006-2011)

"Codename Jenny" - film screening and discussion

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So you think you're a radical activist. But do you have any idea what your parents were up to when they were your age? "Jenny" finds out, just when the police are closing in on her and her friends. And she discovers that there's more connecting her to the alias she's chosen than she imagines. Join us for a screening of "Codename Jenny" (Deckname Jenny) and a discussion about radical activism in today's world. Friday, 7 December - 7pm at the Aro Valley Community Hall, Aro St. For further info about the film:  http://jenny.in-berlin.de  and for the trailer: CLICK ME

"Codename Jenny" - film screening and discussion

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So you think you're a radical activist. But do you have any idea what your parents were up to when they were your age? "Jenny" finds out, just when the police are closing in on her and her friends. And she discovers that there's more connecting her to the alias she's chosen than she imagines. Join us for a screening of "Codename Jenny" (Deckname Jenny) and a discussion about radical activism in today's world. Friday, 7 December - 7pm at the Aro Valley Community Hall, Aro St. For further info about the film:  http://jenny.in-berlin.de  and for the trailer: CLICK ME

Anti-war films @ Tory St

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Thursday 21st September 6pm @ 19 Tory St  two films: Hell UnLtd (1936)  &  Remote (2017) War is big business, no matter who's in power the military and surveillance industries ensure that bombs keep dropping. War is not something that just concerns other countries, we are part of the problem. War starts with NZ companies producing technology for drone warfare, it continues with the GCSB supplying satellite information to US drone pilots and it culminates in the world´s largest weapons manufacturers having a conference in Wellington where they openly discuss how they can make more money out of killing people. Come and watch the films, and join us for kai and discussion afterwards. Members of Peace Action Wellington will be present to talk about the annual NZDIA weapons forum happening in Wellington October 10 & 11th.

Anti-war films @ Tory St

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Thursday 21st September 6pm @ 19 Tory St  two films: Hell UnLtd (1936)  &  Remote (2017) War is big business, no matter who's in power the military and surveillance industries ensure that bombs keep dropping. War is not something that just concerns other countries, we are part of the problem. War starts with NZ companies producing technology for drone warfare, it continues with the GCSB supplying satellite information to US drone pilots and it culminates in the world´s largest weapons manufacturers having a conference in Wellington where they openly discuss how they can make more money out of killing people. Come and watch the films, and join us for kai and discussion afterwards. Members of Peace Action Wellington will be present to talk about the annual NZDIA weapons forum happening in Wellington October 10 & 11th.

Film Screening - #WarStartsHere

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Thursday,  21 September,  6pm  @ 19 Tory St The Freedom Shop is screening two anti-war films: Hell UnLtd (19min)  Remote (33min) Hell UnLtd is a 1936 film made as a protest against profits in armaments during a period when fascism was growing throughout Europe. The film is political in nature but, unlike many political films of the period, also heavily experimental, mixing puppets, diagrams, animation, and archival footage at an extremely rapid tempo. It's a classic anti-war /anti-arms trade film calling on people to do something rather than sit dumbly and say 'I can't change anything'.  Remote is extremely recent. It's a June 2017 film about drone warfare, war,  surveillance, big business and people. The title 'Remote' deliberately plays on the the ideas of remote violence and the  remote society that allows this violence to happen.  Both films leave us thinking about how we allow the military & surveillance industrial complex to continue.  So come al

Film Screening - #WarStartsHere

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Thursday,  21 September,  6pm  @ 19 Tory St The Freedom Shop is screening two anti-war films: Hell UnLtd (19min)  Remote (33min) Hell UnLtd is a 1936 film made as a protest against profits in armaments during a period when fascism was growing throughout Europe. The film is political in nature but, unlike many political films of the period, also heavily experimental, mixing puppets, diagrams, animation, and archival footage at an extremely rapid tempo. It's a classic anti-war /anti-arms trade film calling on people to do something rather than sit dumbly and say 'I can't change anything'.  Remote is extremely recent. It's a June 2017 film about drone warfare, war,  surveillance, big business and people. The title 'Remote' deliberately plays on the the ideas of remote violence and the  remote society that allows this violence to happen.  Both films leave us thinking about how we allow the military & surveillance industrial complex to continue.  So come al

Refugee film screening follow-up

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As a follow-up to our film screening last week, here are links to the films we showed: The Valley Rebels Migrants: Unaccompanied minors stranded in Paris Cisarua refugee school (Indonesia) Also worth watching is this clip titled The real State of Emergency about refugees sleeping rough in Paris. A good read about a radical critique of borders and a grassoots response to the refugee crisis is Harsha Walia's book Undoing Border Imperialism, available at the Freedom Shop. We also have a small pamphlet on the increasing militarisation of borders, which can be downloaded here .

Refugee film screening follow-up

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As a follow-up to our film screening last week, here are links to the films we showed: The Valley Rebels Migrants: Unaccompanied minors stranded in Paris Cisarua refugee school (Indonesia) Also worth watching is this clip titled The real State of Emergency about refugees sleeping rough in Paris. A good read about a radical critique of borders and a grassoots response to the refugee crisis is Harsha Walia's book Undoing Border Imperialism, available at the Freedom Shop. We also have a small pamphlet on the increasing militarisation of borders, which can be downloaded here .

Film screening & discussion: What happens to young refugees?

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The Valley Rebels What happens to young refugees?   If on your drive home from work you encountered a group of lost teenage kids, would you stop and help them? That’s what the people from a valley in the French Alps do, and they are being prosecuted for it. Because the kids are “unaccompanied minor” refugees and the authorities don’t know what to do with them. Amongst the daily news about the “refugee crisis” in Europe, the situation of children is often overlooked. And closer to home, there are about 45 children held in the Australian detention centre on Nauru. Come and watch the film The Valley Rebels and join a discussion about young refugees and what happens to them. When: Thursday, 15 June 2017, 6 pm Where: 17 Tory St, Te Aro Hosted by the Freedom Shop

Film screening & discussion: What happens to young refugees?

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The Valley Rebels What happens to young refugees?   If on your drive home from work you encountered a group of lost teenage kids, would you stop and help them? That’s what the people from a valley in the French Alps do, and they are being prosecuted for it. Because the kids are “unaccompanied minor” refugees and the authorities don’t know what to do with them. Amongst the daily news about the “refugee crisis” in Europe, the situation of children is often overlooked. And closer to home, there are about 45 children held in the Australian detention centre on Nauru. Come and watch the film The Valley Rebels and join a discussion about young refugees and what happens to them. When: Thursday, 15 June 2017, 6 pm Where: 17 Tory St, Te Aro Hosted by the Freedom Shop

The Spanish Revolution

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We celebrated and remembered the Spanish Revolution and the people involved as it gave so many people a world of enablement and empowerment. A world not ruled by class and capitalism, but a world based on collectivism and humanity. If you would like more information about the Revolution, at the Freedom Shop there are a range of books, pamphlets and zines on the Spanish Revolution, including: Ready for Revolution: The CNT Defense Committees in Barcelona, 1933–1938 by Agustín Guillamón; Anarchism and Workers’ Self-Management in Revolutionary Spain by Frank Mintz; We The Anarchists! A Study Of The Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI) 1927–1937 by Stuart Christie; Durruti in the Spanish Revolution by Abel Paz; Anarchism in Galicia: Organisation, Resistance and Women in the Underground by Eliseo Fernández, Antón Briallos, and Carmen Blanco, and Free Society: A German Exile in Revolutionary Spain by Werner Drescher. Three of the film shown at the exhibition are on-line: Vivir la Utopia (

The Spanish Revolution

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We celebrated and remembered the Spanish Revolution and the people involved as it gave so many people a world of enablement and empowerment. A world not ruled by class and capitalism, but a world based on collectivism and humanity. If you would like more information about the Revolution, at the Freedom Shop there are a range of books, pamphlets and zines on the Spanish Revolution, including: Ready for Revolution: The CNT Defense Committees in Barcelona, 1933–1938 by Agustín Guillamón; Anarchism and Workers’ Self-Management in Revolutionary Spain by Frank Mintz; We The Anarchists! A Study Of The Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI) 1927–1937 by Stuart Christie; Durruti in the Spanish Revolution by Abel Paz; Anarchism in Galicia: Organisation, Resistance and Women in the Underground by Eliseo Fernández, Antón Briallos, and Carmen Blanco, and Free Society: A German Exile in Revolutionary Spain by Werner Drescher. Three of the film shown at the exhibition are on-line: Vivir la Utopia (

Sunday - Spanish Revolution - 80 Years

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Sunday, 10 July
 Open all day from 10am The final day of the Spanish Revolution exhibition at 17 Tory Street, Wellington, concludes with a talk by Mark Derby at 4pm followed by a screening of Ken Loach's ' Land and Freedom '. 4pm: Mark Derby will talk about New Zealanders who went to Spain. Mark’s the author of ‘ Kiwi Compañeros: New Zealand and the Spanish Civil War ’ and ‘ Petals and Bullets. Dorothy Morris: New Zealand Nurse in the Spanish Civil War .’
 Mark’s talk will be followed by a screening of Ken Loach’s ‘ Land and Freedom ’.

Sunday - Spanish Revolution - 80 Years

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Sunday, 10 July
 Open all day from 10am The final day of the Spanish Revolution exhibition at 17 Tory Street, Wellington, concludes with a talk by Mark Derby at 4pm followed by a screening of Ken Loach's ' Land and Freedom '. 4pm: Mark Derby will talk about New Zealanders who went to Spain. Mark’s the author of ‘ Kiwi Compañeros: New Zealand and the Spanish Civil War ’ and ‘ Petals and Bullets. Dorothy Morris: New Zealand Nurse in the Spanish Civil War .’
 Mark’s talk will be followed by a screening of Ken Loach’s ‘ Land and Freedom ’.

Saturday, 9 July
 - Two Films & Exhibition

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Join us for the third day of the Spanish Revolution exhibition Saturday 9 July  -  Open from 10am - 1-2pm: Mujeres Libres - film screening ‘ Toda la Vida ’ followed by discussion
.  Toda la Vida' (All our Lives) is a film about Mujeres Libres. Angered by the sexism of their male comrades and by their marginalisation within a revolution that was supposed to offer liberty to all - women organised themselves. Mujeres Libres, formed in 1936 with a membership of over 30,000,  fought for both female emancipation and social revolution, arguing that the two had to be realised side by side. As well as fighting and dying at the front alongside men they set up schools, shut down brothels and engaged in popular education in both urban and rural communities.  7pm: movie screening ‘ La Lengua de las Mariposas (Tongue of the Butterfly) ’ Described as a movie that makes you think, 'Tongue of the Butterfly' captures the relationship between state and church in mid-1930s Spain and the time w